Mediagazer: NPR survives 11th hour spending deal (Jonathan Strong/The Daily Caller)

12:15 PM ET, April 10, 2011

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Jonathan Strong / The Daily Caller:

NPR survives 11th hour spending deal — Despite several ugly recent episodes and considerable movement by conservative activists to defund it, federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and National Public Radio survived an 11th hour deal on a spending bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year.

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Craig Silverman / CJR:

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Rob Walker / New York Times:

On ‘Radiolab,’ the Sound of Science — Jad Abumrad was talking about “tension” —the tension between the certainty of science and mysteries that inspire wonder; between authenticity and artifice; between a sound that feels carefully constructed and one that feels anarchic and alive.

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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:

Down to the Wire Deal Keeps Government Open and Cablers Reporting — Around 10:30, the cable networks began reporting on a deal to keep the government running. The husband and wife CNN team of John King and Dana Bash broke the news during “Anderson Cooper 360.”

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